Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	492	52
B: Mining & quarrying	10	0
C: Manufacturing	714	286
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	2
F: Construction	232	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	158	45
H: Transport & storage	232	1
I: Accommodation & catering	43	20
J: Information & communication	6	1
K: Financial & insurance	4	0
L: Real estate activities.	1	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	23	0
N: Administrative & support	70	2
O: Public administration & defence	51	0
P: Education	14	35
Q: Human health & social work	15	26
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	24	66
T: Activities of households	72	392
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	518	109
B: Mining & quarrying	5	0
C: Manufacturing	584	325
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	1
F: Construction	179	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	150	52
H: Transport & storage	316	5
I: Accommodation & catering	39	57
J: Information & communication	2	1
K: Financial & insurance	2	1
L: Real estate activities.	21	24
M: Professional, scientific & technical	22	0
N: Administrative & support	26	2
O: Public administration & defence	49	2
P: Education	10	46
Q: Human health & social work	6	15
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	23	103
T: Activities of households	34	312
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	423	13
B: Mining & quarrying	34	1
C: Manufacturing	988	508
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	493	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	291	84
H: Transport & storage	561	9
I: Accommodation & catering	66	28
J: Information & communication	8	3
K: Financial & insurance	16	0
L: Real estate activities.	7	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	52	2
N: Administrative & support	72	4
O: Public administration & defence	71	9
P: Education	24	69
Q: Human health & social work	12	27
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	50	198
T: Activities of households	74	714
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	796	34
B: Mining & quarrying	397	0
C: Manufacturing	1,991	1,127
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	109	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	13	0
F: Construction	1,246	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,173	508
H: Transport & storage	1,434	19
I: Accommodation & catering	223	399
J: Information & communication	40	46
K: Financial & insurance	114	0
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	93	7
N: Administrative & support	191	89
O: Public administration & defence	2,808	59
P: Education	88	289
Q: Human health & social work	63	197
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	291	772
T: Activities of households	362	2,304
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	663	34
B: Mining & quarrying	75	1
C: Manufacturing	4,075	778
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	882	7
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	66	4
F: Construction	2,559	14
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,172	1,457
H: Transport & storage	1,971	112
I: Accommodation & catering	457	621
J: Information & communication	10	2
K: Financial & insurance	234	36
L: Real estate activities.	106	23
M: Professional, scientific & technical	221	81
N: Administrative & support	0	2
O: Public administration & defence	917	53
P: Education	158	383
Q: Human health & social work	133	319
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	501	571
T: Activities of households	749	3,065
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	566	74
B: Mining & quarrying	47	0
C: Manufacturing	6,646	2,188
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,410	51
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	54	3
F: Construction	2,722	49
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,073	1,678
H: Transport & storage	1,661	160
I: Accommodation & catering	408	800
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	252	97
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	206	116
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,193	207
P: Education	353	527
Q: Human health & social work	257	597
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	605	676
T: Activities of households	402	1,247
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	301	71
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	13,309	4,517
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,376	129
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	90	10
F: Construction	3,831	208
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,698	2,885
H: Transport & storage	1,314	340
I: Accommodation & catering	477	754
J: Information & communication	240	60
K: Financial & insurance	451	548
L: Real estate activities.	150	80
M: Professional, scientific & technical	485	310
N: Administrative & support	109	159
O: Public administration & defence	1,905	858
P: Education	551	1,572
Q: Human health & social work	409	1,451
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	637	727
T: Activities of households	130	479
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Date:	Source:
1841	1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	Census of Population
1971	1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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